Pantteg Cemetery

Pantteg Chapel was the first formal place of Christian worship in what became Ystalyfera. Before then, Nonconformist worship took place in private houses, or meant a long walk to Alltwen or Cwmllynfell.

The chapel was built through community effort, with Fleming Gough leasing the land on a 999-year lease for a notional rent and many future members giving their time and skills for free. It was opened on 13th and 14th May 1821 and named Y Pantteg by the Rev John Davies of Alltwen. After the First World War a marble memorial was put up inside the chapel to the ten members who were killed.

The landslip of December 2012 seriously affected the chapel, with part of the hill sliding down onto the road against the vestry.